automatic login - how to do it

[Fedawkins]

Is there a similar option when using Cinnamon?

Originally Posted by Fedawkins

Is there a similar option when using Cinnamon?

It the same setting as gnome-shell, look in administration / user accounts

[Fedawkins]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

It the same setting as gnome-shell, look in administration / user accounts

Cool, it is too. Thanks

[sea]

Originally Posted by johnlvs2run

Great. Will that retain the other settings, reboot and shutdown?

Do I use /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf and /etc/slim.conf the same way stevea showed in msg #8?

Yeno... He writes the desktopfile, which is independet of the loginmanager config files.
But you can manualy edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and replace the DISPLAYMANAGER=XY with the loginmanager you want to use.

For lxdm its lxdm.
For slim its as in his post.

[johnlvs2run]

Can someone please post the command sequence (like below) to get rid of slim - and go back to signing in again. At least that was much easier.

Originally Posted by stevea

You can
su -
<passwd>
yum install slim
#
# to set slim as the greeter and use lxde
cat >> /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/bin/slim-dynwm
PREFERRED=/usr/bin/startlxde
EOF
#
# then to arrange autologin you can
cat >> /etc/slim.conf <<EOF
default_user stevea
auto_login yes
EOF


Slim is a pleasant little greeter that is truly small and lightweight. Try it. If you don't like it just remove the /etc/syscongfg/desktop lines.[COLOR="Silver"]

I would do this but don't know what "If you don't like it just remove the /etc/syscongfg/desktop lines" means or how to remove it.